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Irish poetry
The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...
or France
French poetry
French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
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Works published
Great BritainEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
- John DaviesJohn Davies of HerefordJohn Davies of Hereford was a writing-master and an Anglo-Welsh poet. He is usually known as John Davies of Hereford in order to distinguish him from others of the same name....
, published anonymously, Wits Bedlam, epigrams - Leonard DiggesLeonard DiggesLeonard Digges was a well-known English mathematician and surveyor, credited with the invention of the theodolite, and a great popularizer of science through his writings in English on surveying, cartography, and military engineering. Much of his work was expanded on, annotated, and published by...
, The Rape of Proserpine, translated from the LatinLatin poetryThe history of Latin poetry can be understood as the adaptation of Greek models. The verse comedies of Plautus are the earliest Latin literature that has survived, composed around 205-184 BC, yet the start of Latin literature is conventionally dated to the first performance of a play in verse by a...
of Claudius Claudianus' De raptu Proserpinae - William DrummondWilliam DrummondWilliam Drummond or Bill Drummond is the name of:*William Drummond of Hawthornden , Scottish poet, influenced by Spenser; best known for illustrated essay, Cypresse Grove...
, published anonymously, Fourth Feasting, written on the occasion of James IJames I of EnglandJames VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...
's visit to Scotland
Other
- Martin Opitz Aristarchus, German poet and writer in LatinLatin poetryThe history of Latin poetry can be understood as the adaptation of Greek models. The verse comedies of Plautus are the earliest Latin literature that has survived, composed around 205-184 BC, yet the start of Latin literature is conventionally dated to the first performance of a play in verse by a...
, in this book championing the purity of the German language - Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, A la solitude, ("Solitude"), an ode (untranslated text in French) FranceFrench poetryFrench poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- Henry BirkheadHenry BirkheadHenry Birkhead was an English academic, lawyer and Latin poet. He is now known as the founder of the Oxford Chair of Poetry.-Life:He was born in the parish of St. Gregory, near St. Paul's Cathedral, London...
(died 16961696 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works:* Aphra Behn - The Unfortunate Happy Lady...
), English academic, lawyer, Latin poet, and founder of the Oxford Chair of Poetry - Peter FolgerPeter Folger (1617-1690)Peter Folger was a poet and is more commonly known as the maternal Grandfather of Benjamin Franklin, and was instrumental in the colonization of Nantucket Island in the Massachusetts colony....
(died 16901690 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Thomas Brown, The Late Converts Exposed, published anonymously * Thomas D'Urfey:** Collin's Walk Through London and Westminster** New Poems* John Glanvill, Some Odes of Horace...
), poet and maternal Grandfather of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin FranklinDr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat... - Pierre PetitPierre Petit (scholar)Pierre Petit was a French scholar, physician, poet and Latin writer.-Life:Born at Paris in 1617, Petit studied medicine at Montpellier, where he took the degree of MD, though he did not practice medicine afterwards...
(died 16871687 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* William Winstanley publishes the Lives of the most famous English poets from which biographical data on a number of poets can be obtained-Great Britain:* John Cutts, , Poetical Exercises written on...
), French scholar, physician, poet and Latin writer - Sir George Wharton, 1st BaronetSir George Wharton, 1st BaronetSir George Wharton, 1st Baronet was an English Royalist soldier and astrologer, also known as a poet.-Life:He was the son of a blacksmith in Westmorland. He went to Oxford to study, though not admitted to the University. He then returned to Westmorland, and in 1642 sold his family property, and...
(died 16811681 in poetry— First lines from Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress, first published this yearNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:...
), English Royalist soldier and astrologer, also known as a poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- Giovanni BoteroGiovanni BoteroGiovanni Botero was an Italian thinker, priest, poet, and diplomat, best known for his work Della ragion di Stato . In this work, he argued against the amoral political philosophy associated with Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, not only because it lacked a Christian foundation but also because...
(born 15441544 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Vittoria Colonna, Canzoniere , lyric poems—mostly sonnets, but also canzoni and capitoli in terza rima, keeping to classical Petrarchan style; the first section refers to her late...
), ItalianItalian poetry-Important Italian poets:* Giacomo da Lentini a 13th Century poet who is believed to have invented the sonnet.* Guido Cavalcanti Tuscan poet, and a key figure in the Dolce Stil Novo movement....
political theorist, priest, poet, and diplomat - KeshavdasKeshavdasKeshavdas was a Sanskrit scholar and Hindi poet, best known for his Rasik Priya, a pioneering work of the riti kaal of Hindi literature.-Life:...
(born 15551555 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-France:*Joachim du Bellay, Les Regrets, France* Jean Antoine de Baïf, Les Amours de Francine...
), Sanskrit scholar and Hindi poet - Riccardo Luisini (born 15351535 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Baptista Mantuanus' Eclogues prescribed for schoolboys studying Latin poetry in Braunschweig; at the same time, the work is used in schools in Nordlingen, Memmingen and Emmerich-Works published:*...
), ItalianItalian poetry-Important Italian poets:* Giacomo da Lentini a 13th Century poet who is believed to have invented the sonnet.* Guido Cavalcanti Tuscan poet, and a key figure in the Dolce Stil Novo movement....
, LatinLatin poetryThe history of Latin poetry can be understood as the adaptation of Greek models. The verse comedies of Plautus are the earliest Latin literature that has survived, composed around 205-184 BC, yet the start of Latin literature is conventionally dated to the first performance of a play in verse by a...
-language poet - Tarquinia MolzaTarquinia MolzaTarquinia Molza was an Italian singer and poet. She was considered a great virtuosa and many artistic works were dedicated to her; Francesco Patrizi wrote about her singing in his treatise L'amorosa filosofia, and she was perhaps the first singer to have a published biography dedicated to her...
(born 15421542 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* French poet Louise Labe disguised herself as a knight and fought at the siege of Perpignan-Great Britain:...
), Italian singer and poet - Eochaidh Ó hÉoghusaEochaidh Ó hÉoghusaEochaidh Ó hÉoghusa was an Irish poet.Native of Ulster, mainly employed by the Maguire chiefs of Fermanagh. Some of his compositions include* An tú ar gcéadaithne, a charrag?* A-tám i gcás eidir dhá chomhairle...
(born 15671567 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-English:* Arthur Golding, Metamorphosis, Books 1–15, * George Turberville:** The Eglogs of the Poet B...
), IrishIrish poetryThe history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to... - François du SouhaitFrançois du SouhaitFrançois du Souhait was a French language author of the late 16th and early 17th century from the Duchy of Lorraine .- Life :François du Souhait was born to a noble family in the Champagne region...
(born between 15701570 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Formation in Paris of Antoine de Baïf's Académie de Poésie et Musique, and consequent development of musique mesurée by composers such as Claude Le Jeune and Guillaume Costeley* Torquato Tasso...
and 15801580 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Anonymous, The Buik of Alexander, publication year uncertain, written in Middle Scots in 1438; erroneously attributed to John Barbour, a close translation of two French original works from the...
), French language translator, novelist, poet, satirist, and moral philosopher
See also
- PoetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
- 16th century in poetry16th century in poetry-Works published:* Hamzah Fansuri writes in the Malay language.* The compilation of Romances de los Señores de Nueva España, a collection of Aztec poetry .-England:* John Skelton -Works published:* Hamzah Fansuri writes in the Malay language.* The compilation of Romances de los Señores de Nueva...
- 16th century in literature16th century in literatureSee also: 16th century in poetry, 15th century in literature, other events of the 16th century, 17th century in literature, list of years in literature.-Events:1508...